Month: March 2016

For those of you who deploy Skype for Business regularly for customers will be all too aware, often one of the biggest challenges is not deploying the technology, but actually making sure that everyone understands the requirements for a successful deployment. From the technicians who build the OS on the Continue Reading

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Today I tackled SCOM Watchernode for Skype for Business server for the first time. You may be thinking why I have left it until now? Truth is I have done my very best to avoid it at all costs in the past and was often completed by a SCOM consultant Continue Reading

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The following short script gathers the installed roles and features on a server and outputs them to PowerShell script that can be used to redeploy them on another server. This can be useful during migration scenarios or when you need to deploy an additional server with the same requirements. Copy Continue Reading

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https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/MVP-Office-Servers-and-Services/The-Skype-Show-Episode-4–Geographically-Dispersed-Edge-New-Skype-for-Business-Features-and-More In Episode 4 the we are discussing the future of Microsoft Unified Communications and the effects it will have on customers and partners. Thomas Poett will be discussing geographically dispersed edge server deployments and a bit about Cloud Connector Edition. We also have Jamie Stark, Skype for Business Technical Continue Reading

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When people talk about Skype for Business Contact Center, the usual suspect providers crop up like Clarity Connect, Enghouse, Geomant and Unify Us to name a few. A quick google and the first page returns all these providers and a couple more. However, one contact center solution seems to be Continue Reading

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When deploying Skype for Business to medium sized organisations, the main challenges tend to be around how to ensure that remote sites adjacent to the main headquarters remain online for as long as possible in the event of an infrastructure failure. If you follow the Skype for Business architecture, you Continue Reading

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In Part 5 we discussed how to handle encrypted signalling and media. In this article we will be discussing how to configure the Sonus SBC to work behind a NAT firewall. If you have been following this blog series, in part 1 we discussed the recommended connectivity setup. This was Continue Reading

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In Part 4, we discussed and walked through how to connect the SBC up between the PSTN and Skype for Business using simple unencrypted signalling and media. In this article we will discuss how to create a secure connection to Skype for Business and encrypt the media traffic between them. Continue Reading

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In Part 3 of this series, we configured Skype for Business for enterprise voice and added the Sonus SBC to the topology as an available PSTN gateway. In this article we will discuss and walkthrough how to accept telephone calls from Skype for Business and route to the PSTN and Continue Reading

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In Part 2 we discussed and walked through how to configure the Sonus SBC system settings including networking, security and other system dependencies. In this article we will be configuring Skype for Business to use the Sonus SBC as an appropriate gateway to the PSTN for Enterprise Voice. To begin Continue Reading